Wagon-step



UNITED STATES IVILLIAM B. KELLEY AND SAMUEL F. KELLEY, OF COLLEGE HILL, KENTUCKY.

PATE T Orrin-E.

WAGON-STEP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,967, dated January 22, 1895.

Application filed May 10,1894. Serial No. 510,820. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WIL IAM B. KELLEY and SAMUEL F. KELLEY, citizens of the United States, and residents of College Hill, in the county of Madison and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVagon-Steps; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. Our invention relates to improvements in steps for wagons and other vehicles which can be let down when in use and hauled up when not in use so as to be out of the way.

The invention consists in the novel con- "struction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a wagon step constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the lifting bar. In the said drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a rectangular casing provided at its lower end with a step 2, which is secured thereto. As will be seen the casing consists of front and rear walls 3, 3, and side walls 4:, 4, joined together so as to form a rectangular space therebetween. In the step 2is formed an opening 5, for the reception of a Vertically movable standard 6, having a step 7 at its lower end. The upper end of this standard is formed with a head 8. Pivot'ed to the front wall of the casing is a trigger 9, the inner end of which is beveled and passes through a slot in said wall. This beveled end is adapted to engage with a notch 10 in the standard 6. The numeral 12 designates a spring interposed between said wall and the outer end of the trigger, the tendency of which is to throw the inner end of the same into engagement with the notch 10.

Located -in the casing at one side thereof is a vertical lifting bar 13, the lower end of which is provided with a shoe 14 which engages with the head of the standard by which it and its step may be raised.

The operation will be readilyunderstood.

The device is fastened or secured to the wagon body by bolts or other means, and when the lower step is raised the inner end of the trigger will engage with the notch in the standard and hold itand the step in an elevated position. To lower said step the trigger is actuated so as to disengage its beveled end from the notch, when the standard and lower step will fall by gravity, the downward movement being limited by-the head of the standard coming in contact with the shoe or the bar 13, and a block in the lower end of the casing. To raise or lift the step up out of the way, the bar 13 is elevated whenv its shoe will engage with the head of the standard carrying the latter up with it until the trigger engages with the notch. Upon releasing said bar it will drop down to normal position so as to be out of the way.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is In a wagon or other step the combination with the casing, the spring actuated trigger pivotally connected therewith, and the upper step having an aperture or opening, secured to the bottom of said casing, of the vertically movable standard, having a notch near its upper end and a step at its lower end and provided with a head at its upper end, and the vertical lifting bar having a shoe engaging with said head substantially as described.

In. testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. KELLEY. SAMUELv F. KELLEY.

Witnesses:

DILLARD FIELDER, G. T. GRINSTEAD. 

